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rain_gryphonSomething very odd - I've started getting a lot of spam over the past few days. Like much modern spam, it has some snippets of legitimate text added, apparently to fool the filters, and to get the victim to click the link. Most of the text in mine relates to the Shuttle, though. First, I can't recall posting my address on any kind of space-related site. And secondly, even if I did, that seems terribly limiting for the spammers, to build a campaign around a special interest like that, when what they're selling is just the regular drugs and porn, and not space related. It makes me wonder if there's some sort of engine that indexes targets according to where the address was found, and adds an appropriate bit of bait.
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Most everyone has heard the tales of the almost cartoon-like mayhem that results from an MRI machine being switched on at an inopportune moment. Anything magnetically susceptible, including big electric floor polishers, goes flying through the air to slam into the coils. Today I was watching a show about migratory Birds that have little bits of magnetite in their brains, and I started to wonder... What would happen to such a bird if he were in the room when the big magnets got powered up? Would it pull the magnetite right out of his brain? It would be a bizarre and horrible way to die.
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I finally bought a new scrub brush, and gave the kitchen floor a good scrubbing. It was past due, and was getting sort of disgusting. The WetJet is neat, but no substitute for occasional scrubbing.
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The ethnic cleansing in Gaza seems nearly complete. No-one wants to refer to it as that, of course. I can only imagine the international screaming fit that would result were the Palestinians forced to move.
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I can put Qat treats between Flaster's shoulders, and he 'prrrts' and spins around in a circle looking for them on the floor. While he does this, they gradually fall off, and he finds them, reinforcing his belief that this behaviour helps him find treats on the floor. Qats truly are your best entertainment value.
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Most everyone has heard the tales of the almost cartoon-like mayhem that results from an MRI machine being switched on at an inopportune moment. Anything magnetically susceptible, including big electric floor polishers, goes flying through the air to slam into the coils. Today I was watching a show about migratory Birds that have little bits of magnetite in their brains, and I started to wonder... What would happen to such a bird if he were in the room when the big magnets got powered up? Would it pull the magnetite right out of his brain? It would be a bizarre and horrible way to die.
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I finally bought a new scrub brush, and gave the kitchen floor a good scrubbing. It was past due, and was getting sort of disgusting. The WetJet is neat, but no substitute for occasional scrubbing.
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The ethnic cleansing in Gaza seems nearly complete. No-one wants to refer to it as that, of course. I can only imagine the international screaming fit that would result were the Palestinians forced to move.
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I can put Qat treats between Flaster's shoulders, and he 'prrrts' and spins around in a circle looking for them on the floor. While he does this, they gradually fall off, and he finds them, reinforcing his belief that this behaviour helps him find treats on the floor. Qats truly are your best entertainment value.
